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What’s Happening (virtually) this week: May 18-22

By Matt Haines | May 18, 2020

The stay-at-home order has been relaxed, but most of the fun can still be found online!

Lockdown literature: how NOLA bookstores are surviving COVID-19

By Steven Melendez | May 18, 2020

If you’re in New Orleans and looking for something to read, there’s no reason to turn to the internet superstores for your next favorite book.

PHOTOS: New Orleans begins Phase 1 of reopening during COVID-19 pandemic

By Michael DeMocker | May 17, 2020

Some businesses throughout the city were able to reopen Saturday with some restrictions. Masks are now a requirement to enter a business, and many can only operate at 25 percent capacity.

Newsletter: The future of events & a new beer brewed by women

By Lindsay Patross | May 15, 2020

A look at new beer from the Pittsburgh chapter of the Pink Boots Society and a new brewery in Beaver County. Sadly the May Day festival Pittonkatonk was canceled, we catch up with organizer Pete Spynda to talk about the current state of events in Pittsburgh. 

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SilkDenim makes new clothing & home goods out of old jeans

By Jessa Gibboney | May 14, 2020

The love of creative possibility with discarded denim is only exceeded by the love and admiration Louise and Sarah have for one another.

What’s happening (virtually) in New Orleans this weekend: May 15-17

By Mary Staes | May 14, 2020

As stay-at-home remains the name of the game, we’re going to highlight some of the best online happenings going on around Virtual New Orleans!

Cocktails with your face covered? A NOLA designer has figured it out

By Steven Melendez | May 14, 2020

Enjoying a cocktail while keeping your face covered? That’s exactly what one New Orleans designer has figured out how to do.

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Now Available: the 2020 Pink Boots Collaboration Beer

By Aadam Soorma | May 13, 2020

This year’s collab is ‘Virago’s Fury’, an India Pale Lager. In lieu of a release party, here’s how you can purchase a growler for takeout and support women beer professionals.

Coffee is life: a few things to make your cup of joy even better

By Very Local Staff | May 13, 2020

We all know coffee is the sunshine of our lives, the pep in our step, the bright spot in many of our mornings. Here are a few things to make that cup of morning glory even better.

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Now Open for Carryout: Altered Genius Brewing in Ambridge

By Aadam Soorma | May 12, 2020

In lieu of a (planned) grand opening, Altered Genius has quietly soft launched in Beaver County. Here’s how you can order a growler from the area’s newest brewery.